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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Chronology Securely Archaic
Fabric Category Terracotta
Object Type Architectural::Frieze Plaque
Year Excavated 1969
Motif
Fragment Noted true
Object Type (notes) Horserace Frieze Plaque Fragment
Size Max. Pres. Height 0.242 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.320 m, Max. Pres. Thickness 0.019 m
Condition Broken on both ends, preserving 0.075 m of right edge of plaque, base and cornice. Joined from five fragments. Cornice chipped. High, sharp relief.
Description Preserves first horse, missing chest and forelegs, and lower part of hind legs, and first rider; head of second horse, and forelegs of second horse, and neck of second horse to shoulder. Guilloche at base. Seven studs and part of an eighth nailhole beneath first horse.
Fabric Description Terracotta. Coarse grain with fine to coarse bits of white stone and mica. Fired orange.
Has note
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Object Master Grid
EW (x) NS (y) Depth (z) Elev. (z)
146.047 -9.402
Local Grid (X) 8.0
Local Grid (Y) F
Suggested Citation

Anthony Tuck. (2012) "PC 19690110 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 7/1969, ID:55". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2012-12-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d97eda74-4047-41e5-ead9-1348fd5439d5> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/r2p24/pc_19690110

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